Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada (JCC) publications file contains annual reports, event invitations and programs, and other publications created by the JCC from 1997 to 2004.
Archival Collection
Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Sam Stearns was an owner-operator of several casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1935 he bought the Meadows Club on Boulder Highway with his brother Dave Stearns and Larry Potter. By 1941, the Stearns brothers also operated the Northern Club in downtown Las Vegas, which Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel invested $18,000 in.
Gragg, Larry D. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2015.
Michael Jay Shane grew up in Kew Gardens in the Queens borough of New York City, New York. Shane graduated from High School of Performing Arts and later attended Peabody Conservatory of Music before leaving to launch his full-time entertainment career. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1995. He played piano at Wynn's Tower Suite Bar, Bootlegger, and Italian American Club.
Louis Wiener, Jr. shares a Las Vegas story during a Congressman Harry Reid re-election event in 1984. The pin on his shirt reads: "Congressman Harry Reid, Independent like Nevada."